WOODBRIDGE — Wilbur Marshall, pictured above, was one of the first toll collectors hired by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority when the highway officially opened on Nov. 30, 1951.

Within two years, according to “The New Jersey Turnpike” by Michael Lapolla and Thomas Suszka, Marshall was promoted to the position of administrative supervisor. He was the first African-American to hold an executive post with the Turnpike Authority.

Lapolla and Suszka note that Marshall’s daughter, Teresa Hale, followed in her father’s footsteps, having been hired as the authority’s Equal Employment Opportunity compliance manager in 2002.

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